St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-03-27

beneath hlm. This, he says. is an innova-
ton in building, and will create Il reyOlu-
ton in cities having water frontage. Before
many years the lake surface between Duluth
ana Superior will be covered with SubStan-
tial buildings. with every convenience of
city built on solid ground. The ships and
steamers viii run through the streets.
which will be Spanned with bridges. and
freight will be loaded and unioaded directly
at the doors. It's a magnificent scheme,
he asserted, and men who catch on now
will be mllionaires before they know it.
He had not sold any lots when the patrol
wagon called for him at 6 p. m. yesterday.
A MODEST TALKER.
81 tell you. its the biggest boom that
America has ever seen." said mildeyed
man at the Windsor. Its the wonder of
this generation. Men who have travelled
all over the world and seen all the sights
come to Duluth with a feeling of doubt,
but they are not there ten minutes before
they 60 crazy and become as enthusiastic as
any of us. Nobody can come there
and remain twentyfour hours without be-
coming an enthusiast. It's in the air, [
tell you, and man can't resist it, There
have been a million fortunes made in Du
luth within the last two years. The peo-
pie are fiocking there from all parts of the
world to invest their money. We can't ac-
commodate them with places to sleep and
eat. Why, have actually seen men hang
ing on window sills-in the hotel Offices
taking nap. Plenty Of men. who can't
get places to sleep. are glad to get into the
city lookup or get a reserved chair at the
variety theater and stick to it all night.
It's mad race for wealth. and there isn't
man of intelligence who doesn't believe that
0,,1t hat hn LORI nitz in tlln no
before 1900"
TEN DOLLARS AND GALL.
81 had $40 on Jan. l." said another Du-
luth man, who is also we'll known in St.
Paul Il rented an Office and agreed to
pay SIS month for it. put up the $40
in advance, and for week didn't make a
cent. Another payment was due on the
next Saturday night. Saturday morning
man came to me and said. i would like to
get desk room in your office
What do you want to do?' | asked.
Run banking business he replied.
"'You can't have it, | said. 1t would
interfere with my real estate business.
There are hundreds of men coming in here
every day to buy and sell real estate, and it
would interfere with my trading. He
thought l was conducting real estate eX
change, L guess
"'Give you $50 a month for half your
space said he.
Cant have it. said I.
"'Give you S75.'
"'It's CO. l said, and he came in; took
the rear half. put up the SIS Oh the
spot. paid the installment due and took
deal in real estate with the rest; made a
quick sale; took another deal; made an
other sale; made money; bought new
clothes; made more money; bought acres:
plated them: named the addition after N.Y.
self: got quite standing in the community;
made more money; took in a partner and
hired two clerks; opened a branch Office in
Ashland: made more money; can draw my
check for $25 900 and own 1T6 lots. well
situated and worth $500, 600; Pm on my
way to Cincinnati to see some capitalists,
who want me to invest $500. 900 or $780,
600 for them; talk about Proctor Knott
good day."
AN EDITORS GOOD LUCK.
Mile Bunnell, of the Evening Herald,
has struck bonanza during the boom and
he is taking advantage of 1t. He was tell.
ing about it at the Merchants a few days
ago. Running paper in Duluth now is
the softeSt snap in the world. It's better
than gold mine. The money rolls in sc
fast that we can hardly handle it. and
have had to add new safes since the first OF
January. When the cashier puts away the